Method of forming service portions of foodstuffs



Nov. 15, 1938.

. METHOD OF FORMING SERVICE PORTIONS OF FOODSTUFF Filed Feb. 26, 1937 vV INVENTOR.

BY y ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 15, 1938 r 2,136,361

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHOD OF FORIWING SERVICE PORTIONS OFFOODSTUFFS Helen D. Eklund, Duluth, Minn.

Application February 26, 1937, Serial No. 127,960

2 Claims. (01. 107-54) This invention relates to a novel method of thearea of the column, so that after one or more forming a cake and hasspecial reference to the pieces of cake have been out along a pair ofthe baking of sponge, angel food cakes or the like. lines 5-6, any ofthe remaining corners may be The principal object of the invention is toprocut on either of the dotted lines I or 8 and result vide a cake whichmay be subsequently cut in the in pieces of cake exactly the same sizeas the most convenient and economical shape for the pieces formed bycutting on any pair of the lines making of what are known as ice creamsand- 5 and 6, so that when the cake is ultimately comwiches or thelike, and desserts of a similar form. pletely cut in accordance withthis plan there will Having this object in mind it is also deemedessenresult the exact number of pieces for the contial that in formingsuch a cake cognizance be struction of six sandwiches, or of course anypro- 10 given to the standard size of ice cream bricks portional numberdesired. Obviously if miniature being marketed at the time so thateconomy and sandwiches may be desired these pieces may be convenience inthis respect may also be accomagain out in two, forming twenty-fourequally plished. sized pieces.

Other objects and advantages of the invention From the above it isapparent that I have will appear in the following description thereof.designed a novel proportion of pan and central Referring now to theaccompanying drawing, removable column, possible of accomplishing aforming part of this application, and wherein like novel result in thepreparation of desserts and the reference characters indicate likeparts: like, and the opening in the bottom of the pan is Figure 1 is atop plan view of one of the imlarge enough to pass the handtherethrough, so proved pans. that when the cake is out about the edgesof the Figure 2 is a central vertical section through pan it ay beforced the e rom by pushing the Figure 1. column and its attached bottomwhich-covers the Figure 3 is a top plan view of the center 001- Ope g inthe botto of the P d thus ea umn and its attached bottom portion.removing the cake from the pan.,

The pan or receptacle, the side walls of which Having thus described myinvention, what I are illustrated at I and the marginal bottom at 2,claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: is square in plan viewas well as the column 3, and e method Of producing uniform and thisshape is essential in carrying out the invenstantially identically sizedservice. pieces of cake tion. which consists of forming a square cakehaving The marginal bottom 2 extends wholly around v r ical sid and asquare opening wi h v r i al the receptacle and projects inwardly fromthe sides centrally therethrough and of an area equal side walls thereofany desired distance but prefto one twenty-fifth of the area of saidcake, and erably, as illustrated, only a portion of the dissevering saidcake in planes coincident with the tance between the side wall and thecolumn. The planes of the sides of said central opening, and

column is provided with a flange-like bottom 4 of cutting each of theres Corner Pieces 0611- slightly smaller dimension than the interior oftrally in a pl Parallel With a Side of.

the receptacle for convenience in removing and The method of producinguniform and Subapplying same, and while I have not illustratedstantially identically SiZd service pieces of cake the side walls of thereceptacle and of the column Which Consists of forming a Square Cake avn 4 as being slightly tapered (the column w ll invertical sides and asquare opening with vertical wardly and the pan walls outwardly) forconvensides centrally therethrough of a cross sectional ience in removalof the cake, the same may be so area equal at least to one twenty-fifthof the cross formed if desired, though I prefer to make them sectionalarea of said cake, then severing said all as nearly at right angles tothe bottom as poscake in plane Coincident With the planes of the sible,as the latter is obviously better adapted for sides of said central openthen Cutting a of carrying out the objects of the invention. theresulting corner pieces on planes parallel As indicated in both full anddotted lines within with a side thereof into pieces equal in Size thatthe interior of the pan in Figure 1, it is essential of the piecesformed intermediate of said corner that the corners of the area boundedby the side pieces. 50

walls of the pan on two sides and the full lines 5 drawn on the oppositetwo sides be a multiple of HELEN D. EKLUND.

